We must accept ourselves as we are. Scherer.
We must accept the post to which Heaven appoints us, and do the duty to which Heaven calls us, and think it no shame, but an honour, to hold any office, however lowly, under heaven's King. Ed.
We must all receive and learn both from those 25 who were before us and from those who are with us. Even the greatest genius would not go far if he tried to owe everything to his own internal self. Goethe.
We must all toil—or steal; no faithful workman finds his life a pastime. Carlyle.
We must avoid fastidiousness; neatness, when it is moderate, is a virtue; but when it is carried to an extreme, it narrows the mind. Fénelon.
We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light. Emerson.
We must be free or die who speak the tongue / That Shakespeare spake, the faith and morals hold / Which Milton held. Wordsworth.
We must be our own before we can be 30 another's. Emerson.
We must bear what Heaven sends us; no noble heart will bear injustice. Schiller.
We must carry the beautiful with us, or we find it not. Emerson.